I spy with my 10/10 eye, a snifter of currants in a fat mince pie

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well the torte sounds nice the illness sounds horrid

thanks, zippi.

torte does look nice, it came from the smokerie bizarrely. I ordered six pots of dill sauce. I love it with cold roast salmon.

Sorry about the tit MrsC, what a pain. Hope it improves soon.

Have been in bed all day with headache, sort usually associated with huge amounts of alcohol but as i've not had any alcohol for ages it isn't that. Maybe sinusitis as still have this flu, or migraine although i don't get migraines. Dp went to chemist for me and got migraleve or something like that and now i can get up, but was making me sick to move my head. God i'm a great disaster of a person atm.

Had very long discussions last night with dp when he was threatening to join mn. He was quite serious, but then I found out that it's because he feels pushed out as i spend too much time on here, so either i stop, or he joins, these are the choices. So, i'm going to cut down, and give him more general attention.

listen to all of you with the yummy things you are eating. I just made a surprisingly good baked oatmeal (it is breakfast time here, or was). I even put raisins and cranberries in it and served it with chopped banana and apple. Yum!

Im about to brave the snow in an attempt to ward off cabin fever and get us Out Of The House. Have packed some raisins

dh gets funny about me being on here too, hasn't threatened to join yet though.

sorry about your head, sounds like your body is telling you to have a general rest from life. Also, laptop/screens make sinusitis/migraines/general head complaints worse, ime.

Overrated, tell me about baked oatmeal please. Is it some kind of porridge?

MrsC, I am delighted. I am out of touch atm and a v. bad patient but I am evangelising heartily.

Oh dear, dd2 is just falling asleep. She is finding the days just a little too long atm and has been having awkward naps.

snow!

Dd1, ds1 and ds2 are playing with fire

metaphorically or actually?

Actually. They had candles in their stockings.

Seems a slightly unfair ultimatum from Dp Boco, but if you think he has a point then that's valid.

I've cut down a lot.

I need to cut down....

It's a bit unfair as it's an ultimatum and I don't respond particularly graciously to ultimatums - but after reacting badly and crossly, I did eventually see his point and have agreed that cutting down would be a good thing.

I'm off to see the Wizard tomorrow.

Hello! Very belated happy Christmas to you all! We had a lovely lovely time and dd was lovely However, when did I become the kind of person you buy biscuits for for Christmas? We got 3 big tins (you know, the kind you buy for 'the office' or when you're having 20 people round for Christmas) and we don't really even eat biscuits! I guess I can put them in dh's packed lunch instead of baking

I have been rubbish f&v-wise but my friend and I are planning to lose weight in the new year (we can't afford slimming world so we're going to weigh-in together once a week and her birthday in March is our target to lose a stone then we can go somewhere fab for dinner!) I need you all to get on at me about food and exercise!

Hope everyone's well, haven't read the thread - is there anything I need to catch up on? I'm going to go and do a yoga video in a minute then go to bed. I feel rough. I've got a stinking cold. Must eat more fruit!

Which wizard? Rasputin or Oz?

Oh no Rasputin was too pricey, i'm seeing the Wizard of Eye, cut price bargain wizard, round the back of the industrial estate, the one who gave me some free potions to be getting along with. (oh dear, maybe it was crack?)

Half eight in the morning! These wizards get up really early on a saturday morning don't they.

Hello Pink. We got 2 tins of biscuits too. And some freaky cherry liquer chocolates. I've been eating liquer chocolates and chocolate biscuits and mince pies for lunch, and then having palpitations and the falling asleep.

That doesn't look right, that should be liqueur shouldn't it.

Toot - your dc's haven't burned down your house yet, have they?

ooh i am going to bath for a romantic weekend tomorrow i think

lucky you! I would like to go to bath, I have only been briefly to drop a friend off after Glastonbury, I'd like to visit properly.

i have been a few times but not for a few years and never for romantic weekend lol

in fact not had many of those ever

unfortunately means i will have to clean my house so might put him off before we leave as he is passing by here first

It looked dodgy for a bit MrsC, but we're opkay

Bath is just coffee shops and more coffee shops. We go there for children's shoes, fantasmically wonderful filled rolls at Harvest and...um...well, the rivery bits are quite pretty I suppose.

Zip, is this with the climber?

Oh, and there is a good park. 100x hides there and spies on people. Before stealing their diamonds, presumably.

I think it sounds romantic and I like lots of coffee shops. I would like to sit in chic cafes in nice shoes.

Are you just outside Bath, Toot? I imagine you living by a babbling brook.